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Article: Echoes of Petrarch: Martin Boykan and Musical Narrative.
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- Perspectives of New Music
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- June 22, 2000
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THROUGHOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, musical analysis placed a peculiar emphasis on structure as a means of validation. From Schenker's Ursatz to Forte's pitch-class set complexes, theoretical systems have implicitly asserted that a piece's significance derives principally from its adherence to a structural model, within which every detail is explicable. The architectonic exploits of composers, too, from Babbitt to Xenakis, reflect the same premise: that a musical work is justified only if it possesses a demonstrable logical framework and complies scrupulously with the demands of the same.
Martin Boykan propounds a contrasting analytical approach, which he labels ...